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.TH LLSEEK 2 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
_llseek \- reposition read/write file offset
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" "      /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
.B #include <unistd.h>
.PP
.BI "int syscall(SYS__llseek, unsigned int " fd ", unsigned long " offset_high ,
.BI "            unsigned long " offset_low ", loff_t *" result ,
.BI "            unsigned int " whence );
.fi
.PP
.IR Note :
glibc provides no wrapper for
.BR _llseek (),
necessitating the use of
.BR syscall (2).
.SH DESCRIPTION
Note: for information about the
.BR llseek (3)
library function, see
.BR lseek64 (3).
.PP
The
.BR _llseek ()
system call repositions the offset of the open file description associated
with the file descriptor
.I fd
to the value
.IP
(offset_high << 32) | offset_low
.PP
This new offset is a byte offset
relative to the beginning of the file, the current file offset,
or the end of the file, depending on whether
.I whence
is
.BR SEEK_SET ,
.BR SEEK_CUR ,
or
.BR SEEK_END ,
respectively.
.PP
The new file offset is returned in the argument
.IR result .
The  type
.I loff_t
is a 64-bit signed type.
.PP
This system call exists on various 32-bit platforms to support
seeking to large file offsets.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion,
.BR _llseek ()
returns 0.
Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EBADF
.I fd
is not an open file descriptor.
.TP
.B EFAULT
Problem with copying results to user space.
.TP
.B EINVAL
.I whence
is invalid.
.SH CONFORMING TO
This function is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs
intended to be portable.
.SH NOTES
You probably want to use the
.BR lseek (2)
wrapper function instead.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lseek (2),
.BR open (2),
.BR lseek64 (3)
.SH COLOPHON
This page is part of release 5.13 of the Linux
.I man-pages
project.
A description of the project,
information about reporting bugs,
and the latest version of this page,
can be found at
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